CDMAS News July 17, 2016

Welcome to the second edition of our online newsletter. If you haven't noticed the CDMAS now has a green address bar appearing on the web page link. This indicates that we have passed a rigorous extended verification process enabling us to provide assurance that our site offers the highest security to protect your information online. We continue to support the Aqua Labs projects for young people and participate with them in a number of presentations at community fairs and public events. Many of our software systems have been updated in preparation to making the site more responsive to smart phones and other devices. Be sure to update your profile on the site as your birth date will soon make it possible for you to receive a special newsletter on your birthday with a variety of gifts / discounts from our sponsors. So if you haven't logged on in a while, stop in, say hello and post a pic of how your tanks doing. If you need help resetting your password you can use the online service or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. These articles in the newsletter can be found in our article library online. Enjoy!

POSTING CONTESTS COMING

Coming soon is a series of contests with some amazing prizes from Ecotech, Tunze, Neptune, Bulk Reef Supply, Air Water and Ice along with a host of other supply and food partners. Registered members of CDMAS are entered to win by simply posting on CDMAS (creating a forum post, adding a link, submitting an article, sharing a CDMAS resource of social media, adding to your user profile, or referring a new member). Our point system will help you keep track of your postings (your point score can be found in your user profile). The system will randomly award each prize from users who have received automatic entries by posting. Winners will be notified via email with instructions on how to pick up your prize. Good luck!!!

CDMAS MARKETPLACE

The new CDMAS Marketplace gives registered members a free opportunity to buy and sell anything related to the hobby. You can create a fixed price listing with a buy it now (BIY) price, best offer or run a eBay like auction (even setting minimums).

This is, without a doubt, the most frequent and common problem that anyone who has a saltwater fish must eventually deal with, sooner or later. One would think that with the constant battle that we as hobbyist must endure with this creature, that there would be a great deal more detail available. As with anything concerning life within our systems, it is of great benefit to us in knowing the needs in detail, of everything we keep by design or by accident. I doubt many of us would have much success with our aquariums if we made wild assumptions as to how life is possible within our systems. If we know the details of any given animal or system, we stand a much better chance to succeed. The same can be said of those life forms that we do not desire to be in our little ecosystems. If we can understand their needs, we are much better able to attack or remove one of the needs and defeat it. As the old saying goes, KNOW THY ENEMY.

THE ENEMY

Note how this parasite burrows under the fishes skin and gills, the white spots that are seen are not the parasites, but the skin reaction of the fish.